Flight team

The people who take you up

Every tandem flight is flown by one pilot, from the take-off run to touchdown. Certifications are published once verified.

Đặng Văn Mỹ

Experience: 10 years
Flights flown: 7,000+

Founder and technical director of Mebayluon Paragliding, Sapa Paragliding and Hà Giang Paragliding & Paramotor. Chief pilot with 10 years of experience and over 7,000 tandem flights.

APPI 5 Advanced — licence No. 18458
IPPI 5 (SafePro Para 5) issued by the Japan Hang & Paragliding Federation (JHF) — JHF Pilot Certificate No. 219870 (PG XC Pilot, 11/09/2019)
Paragliding instructor certificate — Decision No. 289/QĐ-SVHTTDL of 13/07/2022, Hoa Binh Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Paragliding search-and-rescue certificate No. 117/GCN-SVHTTDL of 22/04/2022, Hoa Binh Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Chief pilot

Vietnamese, English

Lê Văn Luyện

Experience: 5 years
Flights flown: 2,000+

Pilot Luyện — co-founder of Hà Giang Paragliding, 5 years of experience, about 2,000 flights, owner of several ultralight aircraft.

Vietnamese

A Mặc

Experience: 3 years
Flights flown: 1,500+

PG/PPG pilot and flight coordinator — over 1,500 flights, and the first professional trike pilot in Tú Lệ.

Paragliding and hang-gliding instructor certificate — Decision No. 189/QĐ-VHTTDL of 26/05/2025, Yen Bai Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Paragliding and hang-gliding search-and-rescue certificate — Decision No. 189/QĐ-VHTTDL of 26/05/2025, Yen Bai Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Vietnamese, Hmong

Trần Vũ

Experience: 5 years
Flights flown: 2,000+

Pilot flying both paragliders (PG) and paramotors (PPG) in Quản Bạ — 5 years of experience, about 2,000 flights.

Vietnamese

Ngô Văn Đội

Experience: 5 years
Flights flown: 3,000+

"The gliding warrior" — over 3,000 flights and a record 7 hours of continuous flight at Đồi Bù.

Paragliding and hang-gliding instructor certificate — Decision No. 189/QĐ-VHTTDL of 26/05/2025, Yen Bai Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Paragliding and hang-gliding search-and-rescue certificate — Decision No. 189/QĐ-VHTTDL of 26/05/2025, Yen Bai Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Record of 7 hours of continuous flight at Đồi Bù

Vietnamese

Khang A Dung

Experience: 2 years
Flights flown: 1,000+

"The sky photographer" — trainee pilot, flycam expert, over 1,000 safe flights.

Vietnamese, Hmong

Phạm Xuân Hùng

Experience: 5 years
Flights flown: 2,000+

Phạm Xuân Hùng, nicknamed Tiểu Bảo, lives in Da Nang and comes from Buon Ma Thuot. He has 5 years of flying and about 2,000 flights, and often films his tandem flights over forests, seas of clouds and the coast. In his words: "Success is not where you stop, failure is not where you end — what matters is the courage to keep flying."

Paragliding instructor certificate — Decision No. 476/QĐ-SVHTT of 23/08/2023, Khanh Hoa Department of Culture and Sports

Nguyễn Bá Minh

Experience: 5 years
Flights flown: 2,000+

Nguyễn Bá Minh lives in Da Nang and is part of the Da Nang paragliding community. With 5 years of flying and about 2,000 flights, he often films his flights with a 360° camera, capturing the full view over the rice terraces and the clouds.

Paragliding instructor certificate — Decision No. 476/QĐ-SVHTT of 23/08/2023, Khanh Hoa Department of Culture and Sports

Phạm Thành Công

Experience: 6 years
Flights flown: 3,000+

Công Monster, also known as "the lollipop pilot", has 6 years of flying and more than 3,000 tandem flights. He has flown in Da Nang, Tam Dao and Mu Cang Chai. With Công you get a warm, skilled pilot who takes real care to get you great photos — for him paragliding is a passion, not just a job.

Paragliding instructor certificate — Decision No. 476/QĐ-SVHTT of 23/08/2023, Khanh Hoa Department of Culture and Sports

Rahul Khadka

Experience: 15 years
Flights flown: 6,000+

Rahul Khadka — "Raul" to the team — is a paragliding pilot from Pokhara, Nepal, with 15 years of flying and more than 6,000 flights. He has flown in Pokhara (Nepal), Bir Billing and Manali (India), Sri Lanka and Mu Cang Chai (Vietnam), and now flies tandem with the Mebayluon team in Vietnam.

Trần Viết Sang

Experience: 3 years
Flights flown: 1,500+

Trần Viết Sang came up through the flying scene in Da Nang and was properly trained: he learned solo and tandem flying and earned his certificate after 2 years of full-time training at Mebayluon. Gifted and passionate, he is very good at take-offs and landings, and is warm and responsible at work. He is now a full-time Mebayluon pilot, flying about 1,000 flights and some 250 hours a year.

Paragliding and hang-gliding instructor certificate — Decision No. 189/QĐ-VHTTDL of 26/05/2025, Yen Bai Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Paragliding and hang-gliding search-and-rescue certificate — Decision No. 189/QĐ-VHTTDL of 26/05/2025, Yen Bai Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Trained in solo and tandem flying and certified after 2 years of full-time training at Mebayluon

A Hưng

Experience: 3 years
Flights flown: 500+

A pilot trained by the Hanoi Paragliding Association and Mebayluon Paragliding. An ethnic H’Mong born and raised around Khau Pha Pass (Mu Cang Chai), A Hung stands out for his diligence, perseverance, and a never-ending drive to rise in life.

Paragliding and hang-gliding instructor certificate — Decision No. 189/QĐ-VHTTDL of 26/05/2025, Yen Bai Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Paragliding and hang-gliding search-and-rescue certificate — Decision No. 189/QĐ-VHTTDL of 26/05/2025, Yen Bai Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism

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